Appointed representative
This firm does not hold FCA authorisation of its own, and acts under a principal firm, which is legally responsible for its regulated business.
- Appointed for under a year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2022
- Accounts filed up to 30 November 2024
Responsible principal firm
HL Partnership Limited Reference number: 303397 View firm →What does this mean?
- An appointed representative (AR) can carry out regulated financial services, but is not directly authorised by the FCA. A principal firm holds the authorisation and is legally responsible for the AR's conduct.
- Finance Berry Limited (FRN 1053955) is an AR of HL Partnership Limited (FRN 303397). When you use Finance Berry's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Finance Berry, complaints and compensation usually follow the same rules as dealing with the principal, but this depends on the product and your circumstances.
- Before you proceed, confirm contact details match the official FCA register for both firms. Scammers sometimes clone legitimate AR names and FRNs but use fake phone numbers and websites.
Website, phone number and address
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Suite 4, New Humberstone House, 40 Thurmaston Lane, Leicester, Leicester, LE5 0TE, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07842 756887 is
- Who else gives the postcode LE5 0TE
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through HL Partnership Limited, the principal firm responsible for this firm's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
FCA disciplinary action and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action.
The Financial Ombudsman Service only publishes complaint figures for firms with 30 or more new complaints in six months, so there are none here for this firm.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 14463914 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 4 November 2022 (3 years old)
- Registered office
- Suite 4 New Humberstone House, 40 Thurmaston Lane, Leicester, LE5 0TE, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 66190)
- Activities of insurance agents and brokers (SIC 66220)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Kidson | Director | Aug 1985 | 4 Nov 2022 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
- Both people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£2
Same as £2
Employees (average)
0
Same as 0
Total equity
About these figures
- Turnover
- Money taken from sales in the year, before any costs.
- Profit before tax
- What was left after the year’s costs, before corporation tax. A minus figure is a loss.
- Net assets, or total equity
- Everything the company owns minus everything it owes. A minus figure means it owes more than it owns.
- Total assets and total liabilities
- Everything the company owns, and everything it owes, on the last day of the year. The gap between them is its net assets.
- Cash at bank
- Money in the company’s accounts on the last day of the year.
- Owed within a year, owed after a year
- Debts and bills due in the next twelve months, and those due later.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 14463914. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Finance Berry’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
7 May 2026
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
4 March 2026
- James Neale Kidson stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2022
4 November 2022
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Barbara Kidson took control (75–100% of shares)
- James Neale Kidson became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 9 events
- All 9 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms connected to Finance Berry
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Finance Berry. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- share its postcode
- 4
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (4)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Finance Berry
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Leicester
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- All 9 events in its history
- 4 connected firms, named, and who links them
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk